Definition of woman
1a
: an adult female person
b
: a woman belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation)
—usually used in combination councilwoman
2
: womankind
3
: distinctively feminine nature : womanliness
4
: a woman who is a servant or personal attendant
6
: a woman who is extremely fond of or devoted to something specified
I'm a chocolate woman through and through, but one bite of West's banana pudding cupcake and I was sold.— Hattie Brown Garrow
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The first known use of woman was before the 12th century
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